A review by nonna7
Right as Rain by George Pelecanos

5.0

I've enjoyed reading Pelecanos off and on, although his books have never been at the top of my TBR list. However, having just finished watching The Wire from start to finish, I was in the mood for one of his books. I pulled this one off the shelf and was riveted almost from the beginning. This book introduces the Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, two very different people who come together on an investigation. Derek is a middle aged black private investigator and former police officer. This book does not go into whether Derek left the police force on his own, retired or what the story is. When the mother of Chris Wilson, a slain police officer, asks him to investigate her son's death because of a cloud on his record that she believes is wrong, he is not sure what he can do. It's not a moneymaker as his secretary and lover, Janine, reminds him more than once. He starts his investigation with Terry Quinn, the young police officer who shot Chris Wilson. Quinn soon becomes part of the investigation as he confronts his own racism. It soon becomes obvious that there was much more to this shooting than first meets the eye. There's so much to this book. It's full of complex people and issues. As I was reading this, I got to like Strange and Quinn more and more because they are both flawed and recognize their flaws. This is a violent and bloody book with a lot of surprises. I loved it.